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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... fertiliser. Oil gained nearly four per cent to move back above $100 a barrel, due in part to a Dept of Energy report that inventories of crude oil did not rise last week as expected. Energy stocks like Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp rose nearly two ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... were substantially lower, too, after crude oil futures fell 4.9 per cent, below $US100 a barrel because crude oil inventories in the US have grown much more than expected amid sliding demand. Santos had retreated 42 cents, or 2.86 per cent, at $14.24 ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... triggered a five-minute halt of all energy trading on Nymex -- the first in more than two years. Funny that because US inventories have been rising since the start of the year and oil prices kept on rising. And only now investors noticed? What did we ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... cure for high oil prices is high oil prices" ? Oil prices were also hurt by a Goldman Sachs report citing that high inventories and spare production capacity would bring Brent oil down to US$105 a barrel. Brent oil -- as different from West Texas Intermediate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... late afternoon trade. However, New York crude sank after news of a larger-than-expected jump in American crude oil inventories. Amsterdam ended off 0.04 per cent, Lisbon dipped 0.08 per cent, Madrid shed 0.09 per cent, Brussels slipped 0.28 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... December quarter, seasonally adjusted, and were up 14.7 per cent over the year, official figures show. Estimated business inventories, in seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, rose 0.7 per cent in the December quarter after falling 0.9 per cent in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... cents, or 2.37 per cent, at $1.295 after reporting a first half loss of $12.7 million with a $215 million provision on inventories. In banking, NAB was down 40 cents at $25.74, Westpac fell 32 cents to $23.75, Commonwealth Bank was 66 cents lower at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... competitors, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, fell five per cent. The Commerce Department also reported that businesses increased their inventories for a 12th consecutive month in December, indicating further gains in production at US factories. LONDON - European ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... gain... but have you seen the details? GDP grew despite the reduction in government spending and a substantial drag from inventories. Why? American consumers (and businesses) spent over the period... and boy did they spend. Consumer spending - yes, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... into negative territory by noon. Overnight trade saw a drop in oil prices on news of an unexpected rise in US crude inventories and fears that China would take action to cool its robust economic growth. Santos was down 14 cents, or 1.02 per cent, at ...